I was seriously considering dropping the coin to get a set.
Guess not.
But...a complete set of 2" drop spindles comes with the sale...so at the current price, for $200 more than the set would cost, you can get all their tooling with it. You may be able to then sell the tooling to someone else for $200. I would like to see someone buy this just so that the parts would still be available to us (I have no intentions of buying, but hate seeing us lose a vendor).
But...a complete set of 2" drop spindles comes with the sale...so at the current price, for $200 more than the set would cost, you can get all their tooling with it. You may be able to then sell the tooling to someone else for $200. I would like to see someone buy this just so that the parts would still be available to us (I have no intentions of buying, but hate seeing us lose a vendor).
If it comes with some of the custom multi-bolt pattern hubs using the stock bearings, I am sure you could sell those pretty quick too.
Well, I put a bid in, we will see how it goes. I can get the machining done on the existing spindles without much leg work and expense. Finding a casting shop near Milwaukee is as easy as throwing a rock and seeing where it lands. But a market that would buy these is the hardest part, maybe people that are building lotus 7 replicas stateside. I doubt enough fiero owners would front the money to buy them to warrant a run of castings. Thats if he is willing to sell the operation at the price I bid. I'm not made of money, but would hate for this operation to dissapear, since once in a while someone will come along who would want a set (maybe 1 or 2 a year).
Congrats on the win, I hope to see these back on the market.
I am really interested in learning more about the units with larger bearings, that what I think the community needs, at least for those focused more on true racing.
And if you need any help with the production just shoot me a PM.
I picked them up this weekend and will be working on them in the next few weeks to come. I have to find some local places to do the machine work. Going to look into some ways to make the whole process a little quicker to machine to keep prices lower.
I hope when they are finished there is still interest in these very beautiful pieces!
Definitely not going to sell a million of these (even though they are fantastic pieces). It's a niche product as you mentioned Bloozberry. My goal is to bring these back to life and learn something along the way.
I hate to see things discontinued for our cars and I know there are a few people out there who would still be interested in them. I will be sure to post up here when they are complete, and I will also put them on my website.
I almost bought these outright. Im glad I had to leave town and forgot about the auction or it would have just been you and I bidding and wasted cash. I have some good connects here in SD which would have cost me nearly nothing to produce. Well atleast I know your gonna do some quality work : )
this thread seemed to have fallen off, did you ever make any??
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Originally posted by doublec4:
Thanks guys,
Definitely not going to sell a million of these (even though they are fantastic pieces). It's a niche product as you mentioned Bloozberry. My goal is to bring these back to life and learn something along the way.
I hate to see things discontinued for our cars and I know there are a few people out there who would still be interested in them. I will be sure to post up here when they are complete, and I will also put them on my website.
Originally posted by doublec4: The drop spindle project didn't really go anywhere, and I don't see it going anywhere in the future. Long story short, unless I have the machines to machine these myself, I can't make a profit off of them. I have probably 500lbs of castings here that are a waste. If somebody wants to buy all of them, be my guest. I already reverse engineered the spindles and have proper drawings for them with manufacturing dimensions and tolerances.
I'm not made of money, but would hate for this operation to dissapear, since once in a while someone will come along who would want a set (maybe 1 or 2 a year).
